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Altra 2026 Trail Previews: Experience Wild 3 + with Vibram, Olympus 7, Olympus 275 HiLo
Dec 6, 2025
Altra 2026 Trail Previews: Experience Wild 3 + with Vibram, Olympus 7, Olympus 275 HiLo
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Okay, this is Dominic Wakefield covering
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TR 2025 show for Road Trout Run. I'm
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here at the Altra booth with Brad who's
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going to take us through some of the uh
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newest trail.
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Absolutely. Thank you. Yep. So, I'm Brad
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Guthrie, uh assistant line uh product
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line manager for Ultra. I focus mainly
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on trail products. Really excited to
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talk to uh some of these trail products
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here. So, first one we have is going to
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be the Experience Wild 3 Plus. Uh this
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is actually coming out in uh February.
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Uh coming up pretty pretty soon. And so
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with this um you know starting with the
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outsole here, you have V-Bram Mega Grip
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outsole, including that traction lug
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from Vbram as well. Um just offering a
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wider range of traction, grip, etc.
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you're going to see that we've actually
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opened up or allowed much more of that
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traction grip uh with this next
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iteration um while still maintaining um
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some of that traction that the the
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runners are looking for. Big update is
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going to be this Ego P35 foam. This
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allows for much more of that responsive,
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cushion, efficient ride type of
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sensation uh that this runner is looking
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for. Um the stack height on this is
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going to be a 3228. Again, thinking
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about efficiency, allowing the runner to
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really uh run through their stride
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really smoothly. In the upper here, uh
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going with a nice rolled mesh. Uh you
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can see the update, right? We focus on
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fits, thinking about the runner in mind,
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going with a ghillie finger-like lacing
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system. So, as you slip your foot into
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the shoe, it is going to mold to your
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foot.
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We've redesigned this collar here. Uh
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going away from the heel pillows, um
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understanding just uh offering a wider
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range of offerings for runners of what
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they're looking for as far as a step-in
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comfort and also on the run itself. Uh
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another update, uh as you can see in the
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forefoot of the shoe, right, we've
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talked about Vivo Mega Grip. We've also
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wanted to anchor that up into the
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forefoot of the shoe, just allowing for
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much more of that protection, story, and
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cue for for the runner. And then the um
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stack height for this?
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Yeah, good question. So stack height is
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going to be 3228 and at a men's 10 and a
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half, this is weighing at a 10.9 O.
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Super Nick shoot.
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All right, so next we have the Olympus 7
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here. Um this is going to be coming out
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in 81. Um really excited about this
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update. Um you know, we still want to
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make sure that this is that comfort
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cruiser for that runner. um you know
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allowing them for a nice cushion step in
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and on the run on the trail. Uh we're
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going to start with the outsole here,
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right? Still maintaining V-B mega grip,
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but as you can see, we've actually
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increased the amount of rubber coverage.
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Uh so you're going to get more more
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grip, more traction with that in
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addition to uh that traction lug by
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V-Bram as well. In the midsole, going
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with our Ego Max. This is a new foam.
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This is allowing this product to be that
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much more lightweight uh while being
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that much more lightweight uh and adding
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much more comfort as as well. So, we've
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actually decreased a whole ounce uh
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while still providing the same amount of
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traction and cushion for this runner. Uh
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still maintain the same stack height at
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33 across the board. Uh still providing
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that nice original footshaped fit um for
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what that runner is is looking for
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in the upper going with an engineered
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mesh here. Right. thinking about
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breathability in the vamp and then in
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the uh collar here. Uh thinking about
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comfort, right? We've redesigned this
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collar here going away um from that
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added layer that we had in the Olympus
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6. Um so we still want to maintain the
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same amount of comfort and cushion um
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into the into the collar there.
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We've updated this IRO here. Um so going
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with a Gilly IRO, think about people
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with higher insteps. Uh just making that
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much more comfortable for them. Still
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keeping protection in mind, right? We're
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going to have these nice overlays in the
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lateral and medial view
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and toe cap.
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Uh so that is the the Olympus 7.
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And that's the 32 mm stack.
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Yes. Yes. Yes. 30 33 across the board.
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33.
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Yep. 33.
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And this is coming at uh 195.
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Awesome.
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All right. Next one uh is this is
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August.
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Uh this is going to be 8 81. Yep.
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Yep.
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Great question. So this one this is
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going to be coming out in 71. Uh this is
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going to be the allnew Olympus 275 Hyo.
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Uh so we've updated the name Hyo.
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Thinking about as you're going, you
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know, physically going up and down these
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trails or mentally, you know, going
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through that that battle as well. Um, so
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because of the findings that we had from
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the Olympus 7 tooling, we want to add
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that into this type of proposition. Uh,
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while in the upper, still maintain the
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same Olympus 275 that you see out there
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in the in the market today. So, you're
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still going to have that scree sleeve,
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still maintain the the matrix upper with
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that Kevlar thread in the upper material
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providing that durable, lightweight um,
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solution. Um, but with this update, with
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this tooling update, this is going to
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offer a half a size or sorry, half an
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ounce lighter than the current Olympus
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275 while still maintaining or
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increasing the amount of traction in
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this type of product as well.
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So, this one was down an ounce.
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Yes.
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And how does the weight compare to this
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one?
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11.45. And this is
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1045. So, it's an ounce lighter.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. It's a lot.
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And this is more expensive.
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Yes. By $5. Oh,
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so for $200 you get Matrix.
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That's a
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That's a great deal. And and explain to
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us the significance of this uh 275.
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Yeah. Yeah. So, we wanted to put 275 in
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this heel pole here, just paying homage
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to uh Golden and Brian when they were
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putting shoes and toasters and putting
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the the toaster oven at 275°.
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Right. So, the idea of when we came out
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with the Olympus 275, we're essentially
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altering an altra, right? So just paying
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homage to to our founders.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Thank you so much.
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Awesome. Thank you. Appreciate you.